Where does “chicken Wellington” come from?

chicken Wellington (English) comes from English Chicken, from English -en, from Middle English -en, from Old English -en, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna-, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.

chicken Wellington (English): A variant of beef Wellington, where a boneless chicken breast fillet replaces the beef tenderloin

Definitions

  1. A variant of beef Wellington, where a boneless chicken breast fillet replaces the beef tenderloin

Ancestry of “chicken Wellington”, step by step

chicken Wellington traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Chicken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishChickenA domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus)
2English-enDenotes the past participle form when attached to...
3Middle English-enDenotes the past participle form when attached to...
4Old English-enmæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;...
5Old Norse-innUsed to create adjectives from nouns, meaning...
6Proto-Norse-īna-
7Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
8Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
9Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via English beef Wellington

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbeef WellingtonA fillet of beef tenderloin steak coated with...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-Every word from Middle English -enEvery word from English -en
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